Existing suppliers and the drive for new equipment?

This post provides answers to the following questions:-

1. How will new developments effect existing businesses?
2. Who will have access to ideas that come from “First Responders Innovation Hubs”?

A good example of this type of change in the past was the challenge for axe manufacturers.

•             Suddenly overnight chainsaws came on the market?
•             There is no question chainsaws had an impact on the market of axe manufactures.

It is a specific objective of “Head-on” to work with existing suppliers.

Often these types of changes are destructive to the point that “old” businesses disappear.

“Head-on” is committed to work with suppliers.

• You cannot always stop new developments but
• You can in fact have a change over growth path.

The founder  of the “Head-on” Johann had to often assist companies as a result of such changes.

One of those particular nasty changes happened in the printing industry.

• In the old days there used to be highly skilled professionals known as “Letter-setters”. When electronic printing started most of those shops either had to close or had to be totally modernized.
• The impact was not just on the businesses but also on the “Letter-setters”..
• To address this type of change & challenge requires foresight, mutual respect and a willingness of cross sector collaboration.

“Head-on” will as a result of many such experiences work closely with suppliers.

New concepts and inventions

“Head-on” is not a manufacture or supplier. We believe our function is to assist to stimulate new inventions, new concepts and methods.

And that all such new concepts or equipment and methods should be accommodated/provided by existing suppliers. Therefore new concepts will be made available to existing supplier.

• “Head-on” is therefor putting in place the processes to support the interaction between “First Responder Innovation Hubs” and Suppliers.